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12-21-9
“After hearing passionate arguments from the Obama Administration, the Supreme Court acquiesced to the president’s fervent request and, in a one-line ruling, let stand a lower court decision that declared torture an ordinary, expected consequence of military detention, while introducing a shocking new precedent for all future courts to follow: anyone who is arbitrarily declared a “suspected enemy combatant” by the president or his designated minions is no longer a “person.” They will simply cease to exist as a legal entity. They will have no inherent rights, no human rights, no legal standing whatsoever – save whatever modicum of process the government arbitrarily deigns to grant them from time to time, with its ever-shifting tribunals and show trials.” READ FULL ARTICLE
The PPJ Gazette 
Jan 03, 2010 @ 11:25:39
those who have the ability and willingness to use prevailing force get to define the Constitution. Obviously the Founding Fathers and their generation had that ability and willingness.
Now, alas, the Constitution of our founding has no effective supporters.
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Jan 03, 2010 @ 04:23:28
This is simply the reinforcement of sect. 702 (If I remember correctly) of the John Warner Defense authorization Act of 2007. The actual bill was about defense funding authorization, and this little ditty about being declared a domestic terrorist at the whim and will of the president and forfeiting all your rights was just magically slipped in there without anyone knowing about it. They couldn’t care less about the constitution and apparently don’t. Marti
Nothing has changed! Believe that!
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Jan 03, 2010 @ 04:17:48
There is a little problem with the courts ruling. It’s called the constitution, and until or unless they change the constitution, this ruling is null in void.
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